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con·volve

 (kən-vŏlv′)
v. con·volved, con·volv·ing, con·volves
v.tr.
To roll together; coil up.
v.intr.
To form convolutions.

[Latin convolvere : com-, com- + volvere, to roll; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]
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convolve

(kənˈvɒlv)
vb
to wind or roll together; coil; twist
[C16: from Latin convolvere; see convolute]
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con•volve

(kənˈvɒlv)

v.i., v.t. -volved, -volv•ing.
to roll or wind together; coil; twist.
[1590–1600; < Latin convolvere=con- con- + volvere to roll, turn, twist]
con•volve′ment, n.
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convolve


Past participle: convolved
Gerund: convolving

Imperative
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convolve
Present
I convolve
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Preterite
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they convolved
Present Continuous
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Present Perfect
I have convolved
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Past Continuous
I was convolving
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he/she/it was convolving
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Past Perfect
I had convolved
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Future
I will convolve
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Future Perfect
I will have convolved
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Future Continuous
I will be convolving
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been convolving
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been convolving
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been convolving
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he/she/it had been convolving
we had been convolving
you had been convolving
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Conditional
I would convolve
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he/she/it would convolve
we would convolve
you would convolve
they would convolve
Past Conditional
I would have convolved
you would have convolved
he/she/it would have convolved
we would have convolved
you would have convolved
they would have convolved
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.convolve - curl, wind, or twist together
twist, bend, deform, flex, turn - cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
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# defining the coefficients a <- c(1:3, 0, 0) b <- c(5:7, 0, 0) # calculating the FFT A <- fft(a) B <- fft(b) # convolve via multiplication # of A and B c <- Re(fft(A * B, inverse=T) / length(a)) # would give the same result c2 <- convolve(a, b, conj = F) print(c) ####### OUTPUT ######## > 5 16 34 32 21 The result is given in the last line of the program listing.
In order to perform edge detection with the Roberts operator initially it is necessary to convolve the original image, with the following two kernels [11], [17]:
WWF-Pak organizes annual meeting in order to convolve the Green Office certified companies on a single forum and provide in depth official and industrial practices layout necessary for keeping environmental constraints in equilibrium.
The second approach, which is used more commonly, is to convolve the regions directly in "image-space" with a global PSF [19-22].
The initial dataset is used to convolve with the so-called smile, a short operator, and the output is the equivalent monostatic data.
An equivalent process is to convolve the reflectivity map in three dimensions with the processed image using 3-D FT.
The first algorithm is used to convolve the mask to the input image for all coordinate points of the image.